Bread-cutter



(No Mdel.)

A.` MOORE.

BREAD GUTTER.

No. 252,325. Patented 1211.111282 717225268686. QK u.

f )UNITED STATI-:s PATENT OFFICE,

ABEL" MOORE, F LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BREAD-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,325, dated January 17, 18,82.

Application filed November 19, 188,1. (No model.)

To all. whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, ABEL MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex` and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Machine for Slicing Bread or Cake; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear,vand exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or igures of reference marked thereon,which form a partof this specication.

This invention consists in an implement for shclngbread or cake, cold meats, or other analogous articles of food, composed, first, of a Hat board or tablet to receive the loaf to be sliced; second, of a fiat plate or bracket slotted or grooved vertically to receive and guide the motions of a knife and erected broadsideupon .i therear edge or side of the tablet, this upright plate constituting an abutment or bearing to theloaf, which is placed sidewise against it, and serving not only to relieve the user from the labor of holding the loaf with lthe left hand, but toL prevent crumbling or breaking of suchv loaf while being cut, especially if the loaf be dry; third, and lastly, in avertical gage applied adjustably tothe front of the bearing-plate, to the right of the knife-guiding slot, and operating to receive the end of the loa-f which is placed against it, the distance ofthis gage from the slot determining the thickness of the slice` to be cut.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure 1, au isometric view, in Fig. 2, a rear view, and in Fig. 3, a vertical section through the gage, ofa machine embodying my invention.

Ain the above-nameddrawings represents a dat board or tablet of a proper size to receive a loaf of bread or cake, a piece of cold meat, or other articles of food capable of being cut in slices, this tablet, when in use, to be placed upon a table, or otherwise held in position.

B in said drawings represents a fiat plate or bracket, which may be ot' cast-iron or other nally of the board A,andupon the rear edge or side of the-latter, by screws or 'bolts C C, which pass through slots a a in the plate and screw into the board, the object in thus applying the plate adjustably to the tablet being to enable such plate to be changed in position upon such tabletwhen the latter becomes scored or detaced by the action of theknife, in order to provide a new or fresh surface or bed for such knife to act upon.

. The plate-rest B constitutes, as beforel stated, an abutment or bearing to the loaf, which is placed sidewise againstit, and serves to relieve the user of the effort required to hold the loaf Vup to the knife while being cut, and to hold the loaf together and prevent its crumbling or breaking under the action of the knife. The plate, moreover, has a vertical slot, b, to receive and guide the motions of a knife, and is provided also with a vertical gage, D, applied to its front face, to theright ofthe slot b, as shown in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings, this gage being-confined to the bearing-plate B by 4 of the desired slices to be cut from the loaf.-

This gage serves as a stop against which the end of the loaf is placed after each successive sliceis cut, and as the position of the knife longitudinally of the plate or rest B and of the tabletsisa-rbitrary,itfollows that any changein position of the gage will vary the thickness of the slice cut by such knife.

y In use of this implement the loaf is grasped in the users left hand and held against the plate or rest B,with the end ofsuch loafagainst the gage D, while the right hand manipulates 'the knife, which is inserted in the slot `b and worked up and down in the latter as the act of cutting a slice from theloaf progresses, the slot serving to hold the knife at a given' distance from the gage. With each successive slice cut from the loaf, as stated, the'latter is pushed forward against the gage until the req-- uisite number has been cut. It will be seen that as the bearing-plate or rest extends both sides ofthe knife it will prevent crumbling-for breaking of the loaf while being cut, thus enabling a dry loafto be sliced, which would otherwise be difticult'to accomplish.

I claim* 1. An limplement for slicing bread or other analogous articles of food, consisting of a dat tablet to receive the loaf and a bearing-plate erected adjustably upon the rear part of such tablet and against which the loaf is held, such bearing-plate being slotted vertically to receive 'and guide the motions ofthe knife and provide a bearing for the loaf upon each side of such knife, substantially as an d for purposes stated.

2. An implement for slicing bread, Src., consisting of a flat tablet to receive the loaf, a bearing-plate or rest erected adjustably upon the rear side of suchtablet and slotted vertically to receive and guide the motions of the 15 knil'eand provide a bearing'upon each side of such knife, and a vertical gage applied adjustably to the front of the bearing-plate to one side of the said slot, and serving as astop against which the end ot the loaf being cut zo from is placed, substantially vas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence 0i' two witnesses.

ABEL MOORE.

Witnesses:

H. E. LODGE, F. G. SIMPSON. 

